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Read about Union veterinary surgeon Samuel M. Drew's daring escape from his Confederate captors in Virginia.

Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.

The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.

The little told story of African Americans and the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War is one of bravery and trailblazing.

Take a closer look as several cases from a Civil War medical examining board and see what it reveals about medicine during the period.

Not many of the Veteran Reserve Corps saw little active service during the Civil War. Read about the experience of the 18th Regiment who did.

Historian Michelle Herbelin explains how medical practice changed from the United States War with Mexico in 1846 to the Civil War in 1861.

Dr. John Julian Chisolm was one of the most influential Confederate surgeons during the Civil War. His books and and invention were invaluable.

Dr. Allison Johnson shows how Union soldiers who had a right arm amputated used their left arm to relate their wartime experiences in unexpected ways.